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cruelty

English

Alternative forms

  • cruellty (obsolete)
  • cruelltie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English cruelte, from Old French crualté (French cruauté), from Latin crudelitas. Surface analysis: cruel +? -ty.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?u?(?)lti/

Noun

cruelty (countable and uncountable, plural cruelties)

  1. (uncountable) An indifference to suffering or pleasure in inflicting suffering.
    Synonyms: mercilessness, barbarism, ruthlessness
    Antonym: mercy
  2. (countable) A cruel act.

Translations

Anagrams

  • cutlery

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awfulness

English

Etymology

From Middle English aghfulnesse, equivalent to awful +? -ness.

Noun

awfulness (usually uncountable, plural awfulnesses)

  1. The state or quality of being awful.
    • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, "Characters," [1]
      Out came old Teenie, buzzing mad as a whole nest of wasps. Muttered awfulnesses came from her great padded bonnet.
    • 1961, Peter De Vries, The Blood of the Lamb, Penguin, 1982, Chapter 3, p. 36,
      "Why is the awfulness of families such a popular reason for starting another?"
  2. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence
    Synonyms: dreadfulness, solemnity
    • 1823, Thomas de Quincey, "On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth" in On Murder, edited by Robert Morrison, Oxford World's Classics, 2006, p. 3,
      [] the knocking at the gate, which succeeds to the murder of Duncan, produced to my feelings an effect for which I could never account: the effect was—that it reflected back upon the murder a peculiar awfulness and a depth of solemnity []
    the awfulness of this sacred place
  3. The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.

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